The problems with capitalism are not the same everywhere. After Capitalism focuses on what many are calling late-stage …
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The boiling frog future….to 2052?
I finally got around to 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years by Jorgen Randers. Randers has been part of the …
Foundations of plenty challenged
Continuing on the next economy theme this week with The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was …
Foresight for changing the world
We’re always exploring new things to teach at the Houston Foresight program. One topic that has come up a lot in recent …
Foresight Classics: Macrohistory and Macrohistorians
It’s about time that I got to Macrohistory and Macrohistorians: Perspectives on Individual, Social, and Civilizational …
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A few thoughts on Infinite Progress
A colleague referred me to Byron Reese, the author of Infinite Progress: How the Internet and Technology Will End …
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Revisiting Last and First Men and Starmaker, Part 2
Our protagonist from First & Last Men moves on to the cosmos, travelling to other solar systems and worlds, in …
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Revisiting Last and First Men and Starmaker, Part 1
I’ve been on kick of re-reading “futures classics,” having gone through Future Shock and Panarchy (well, maybe that’s …
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Values Changes Following a Developmental Model of Social Change
I’m teaching a class on Social Change this semester in the Houston Futures program. The class was developed by Peter …
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The best values are context appropriate
One of the dangers of a developmental approach is that it appears hierarchical and implies that the “top” is the best. A …
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